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It is the Old Bridge of Manzanares, where Merino sheep used to cross safely and pay the toll.

Beautiful place full of history.

Manzanares el Real Castle, also known as Mendoza Castle: Built in 1475 by order of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado, on the site of a former Romanesque-Mudéjar church. Its architecture is Isabelline Gothic, with a square floor plan, cylindrical towers, and an octagonal keep. It served as the palatial residence of the powerful Mendoza family, who even established a literary court there. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1949. Today it houses a Medieval Interpretation Center, with exhibits of tapestries, armor, furniture, and audiovisual presentations about life in the Middle Ages.

It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, between the municipalities of Miraflores de la Sierra and Rascafría, in the Community of Madrid. From Miraflores de la Sierra (1200m), the route ascends approximately 600m over 10km (average gradient 4–6%), and after reaching the summit, it descends 13km to Rascafría (1150m) with a gradient of 4.5–7%.

El Puente Viejo de Manzanares el Real, 또는 Puente de la Cañada Real Segoviana로도 알려진 이 다리는 마드리드 지역의 Manzanares el Real에 위치한 역사적인 기념물로, Cañada 거리에 있으며 멘도사 성과 만사나레스 강과 매우 가깝습니다. 그 기원은 로마 시대로 거슬러 올라갈 수 있지만, 현재의 구조물은 16세기에 La Pedriza의 화강암으로 지어져 이전의 목조 다리를 대체했습니다.

The name comes from the stone boundary markers erected in the 18th century to demarcate lands acquired by Charles III for hunting. During the Spanish Civil War, it was a strategic area with a Republican detachment stationed there. It formerly housed the Valcotos ski resort, which no longer exists.

Ascent to Morcuera from Rascafría with views of the Pinilla reservoir

It is a key point when you go on a route to show the area to other cyclists